Mercer County tree worker dies from injuries
Posted: Aug 21, 2015
By Will Brown, Web Producer
COOLSPRING TOWNSHIP, PA
A Carlton man who was hit by a falling tree near Lake Latonka earlier this week has died.
Pennsylvania troopers say Michael Hiles, 45, was working on cutting down the tree around 9:00 a.m. Tuesday when it fell on him.
The 1988 Cochranton High School graduate had been contracted to cut down several trees near the lake when the accident occurred.
Hiles sustained serious injuries and was transported to Grove City Medical Center. Emergency workers later airlifted the Carlton man to Allegheny General in Pittsburgh, where he died on Wednesday.
According to the Allegheny Medical Examiner's office, Hiles died from blunt force trauma to the head. His death was ruled accidental.